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looking at it in sheer political terms, this as global implications for the u.s. economy tanking as a result of this. >> you think the american people are getting fed up with this? this has been going on for years. >> and worse and worse, so that there is no planning. you have a five-year transportation bill, then a two-year transportation bill, then and nothing transportation bill. >> what does it take to make the government do the right thing? what sort of crisis? i would rather have an internal washington crisis to force them to do it than wait for a real crisis. if this were a forcing event, it would not be such a bad thing. >> but we keep having these forcing events and all that happens is that we keep waiting another three months. >> every state is going to be affected by this. >> the fall line and a conservative movement is clear here. -- fault line in the conservative movement is clear here. john boehner is warning that it would be 1 million jobs in defense cuts. at the same time, "the wall street journal" editorial pages oo-poohing the cuts. >> the cia, d
looking at it in sheer political terms, this as global implications for the u.s. economy tanking as a result of this. >> you think the american people are getting fed up with this? this has been going on for years. >> and worse and worse, so that there is no planning. you have a five-year transportation bill, then a two-year transportation bill, then and nothing transportation bill. >> what does it take to make the government do the right thing? what sort of crisis? i would...
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and former u.s. army ranger jack murphy and former navy seal brandon web and on the floor of our studio we projected a map of benghazi ap before this, we're going through a timeline of the events of that night. good to sigh both. >> thank you for having us. >> sean: and this is important because we're seeing that events that we don't know about could have precip kated these attacks, a good summary. >> accurate. >> sean: and start with the timeline. >> it began at 9:40 at night and initiated with rpg's hitting the consulate the temporary facility we call now the consulate. at that point the local militia guards were unarmed, they fleed, they were only armed with bats, essentially when they see the mob coming they cut and run. attackers breached the main gate and overcome the compound and at this point ambassador stevens is going into the safe room inside the consulate and dss agents are retrieving tactical gear and making a call up higher to say they're getting hit. by 10:05, what you have-- >> it i s
and former u.s. army ranger jack murphy and former navy seal brandon web and on the floor of our studio we projected a map of benghazi ap before this, we're going through a timeline of the events of that night. good to sigh both. >> thank you for having us. >> sean: and this is important because we're seeing that events that we don't know about could have precip kated these attacks, a good summary. >> accurate. >> sean: and start with the timeline. >> it began at...
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the ambassador had all of the ambassadors to the u.s. i said let's talk about detention and interrogation. i laid it out. let me give you four sentences. we believe we are a nation at war with al qaeda and the affiliates. my moral and legal responsibility is to take it to that enemy. there's not another country in the room who agreed with any of those four sentences. they not only rejected it for them, they had serious questions about the legitimacy of the questions for us. sometimes you have to forgo things that in your mind are ethical, legal, and effective because secondary and tertiary effects of taking that course of action may make you less effective. let's take target of killing. i said on cnn sunday morning, there was a time -- i knew there were secondary effects was the primary effect was so important because of the degree of danger that existed at the time. now the environment as changed the degree is somewhat different. now those effects might become dominant. yes, i can see a down side for doing things that you believe are ef
the ambassador had all of the ambassadors to the u.s. i said let's talk about detention and interrogation. i laid it out. let me give you four sentences. we believe we are a nation at war with al qaeda and the affiliates. my moral and legal responsibility is to take it to that enemy. there's not another country in the room who agreed with any of those four sentences. they not only rejected it for them, they had serious questions about the legitimacy of the questions for us. sometimes you have...
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they believe they cannot edit u.s. law. you cannot doubt is the the contract and not accessible anymore. they have a paranoid to leave that every time one person in the rest that are stated and get the nicest typing a because they thought it is a contract they could opt-out on, that this is a paranoid belief of the government of persecuting them. we had mine for us until this summer's edison and only since 2009 has a acknowledged sovereign citizens are very thread. what's happening in the fbi's focus on counterterrorism, specifically on this and communities cambridgeside into anarchists, but we have been a focus on other side. sovereign citizen they are not our dangerous and other groups. >> you'll be really interested in the project were working on at the moment. that is it ways to go yet. there are the obvious -- there are the obvious implications for this kind of publicity to these kinds of cases, furthering the notion that essentially in every muslim community of lyrics she hobbyist terrorism. has that been raised and i
they believe they cannot edit u.s. law. you cannot doubt is the the contract and not accessible anymore. they have a paranoid to leave that every time one person in the rest that are stated and get the nicest typing a because they thought it is a contract they could opt-out on, that this is a paranoid belief of the government of persecuting them. we had mine for us until this summer's edison and only since 2009 has a acknowledged sovereign citizens are very thread. what's happening in the fbi's...
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he was also in the u.s. ia, the united states information agency, and he wrote the screenplay for the memorial film about jfk, the man who fought a lot about american history. he disagreed with my approach from the get go. well before the controversies of bringing in john d.. he said every president has a right to a watering hole. there are all those who admires him who can go and speak and not have to worry about the judgment of history. i believe that's true if it is a private facility. but the minute you make it public, i think it can't be published--- cannot be governed by those rules. again, i don't think the public recognizes that it has a choice. if you go to the different presidential libraries, you'll find this among them are shrines and others are places of serious discussion. the harry truman, for example, is a place of serious discussion. the johnson library is redoing its museum. i haven't seen it yet, but i suspect it will be a place for serious discussion. and there are others that are not. i
he was also in the u.s. ia, the united states information agency, and he wrote the screenplay for the memorial film about jfk, the man who fought a lot about american history. he disagreed with my approach from the get go. well before the controversies of bringing in john d.. he said every president has a right to a watering hole. there are all those who admires him who can go and speak and not have to worry about the judgment of history. i believe that's true if it is a private facility. but...
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the u.s. postal service®, no business too small. >> chris: we are back with senator john mccain. senator, welcome. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: you just heard nancy pelosi talk about the automatic spending cuts that kick in on march 1. she wants a mix of cuts and, yes, more taxes, which i know you don't like. on the other hand, if you go to the automatic cuts, sequestration you get a 13% cut over the rest of this year in the pentagon which i know you also don't like. if it comes down to that, higher taxes or sequestration, the pentagon cuts, where do you you go? where do you come down? >> obviously i don't want to see taxes increased but what i would like to see is the president call the leaders over to the white house and say look, we got to solve this problem. this sequestration, secretary panetta, outgoing secretary of defense is one of the most widely respected men or person in washington, d.c. and he has been saying this nationalstate our nation security. republicans and democrats are responsible for this new cliff and i will take responsibility tore it for the republicans
the u.s. postal service®, no business too small. >> chris: we are back with senator john mccain. senator, welcome. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: you just heard nancy pelosi talk about the automatic spending cuts that kick in on march 1. she wants a mix of cuts and, yes, more taxes, which i know you don't like. on the other hand, if you go to the automatic cuts, sequestration you get a 13% cut over the rest of this year in the pentagon which i know you also don't like. if it...
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the u.s. postal service®, no business too small. well, technically i wear one. thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry. that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. >> chris: we are back with senator john mccain. senator, welcome. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: you just heard nancy pelosi talk about the automatic spending cuts that kick in on march 1. she wants a mix of cuts and, yes, more taxes, which i know you don't like. on the other hand, if you go to the automatic cuts, sequestration you get a 13% cut over the rest of this year in the pentagon which i know you also don't like. if it comes down to that, higher taxes or sequestration, the pentagon cuts, where do you you go? where do you come down? >> obviously i don't want to see taxes increased but what i wo
the u.s. postal service®, no business too small. well, technically i wear one. thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry. that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. >> chris: we are back...
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the u.s. postal service®, no business too small. no they don't. hey son. have fun tonight. ♪ ♪ back against the wall ♪ ain't nothin to me ♪ ain't nothin to me [ crowd murmurs ] hey! ♪ [ howls ] ♪ >> chris: and we're back now with senator john mccain. senator, welcome. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: you just heard nancy pelosi talk about these automatic spending cuts, that kick in on march 1st. she wants a mix of cuts and, yes, more tax. which i know you don't like. on the other hand, if you go to the automatic cuts, sequestration, you get a 13% cut over the rest of the year. in the pentagon. which i know you also don't like. if it comes down to that, higher taxes, or sequestration, the pentagon cuts, where do you go? where do you come down? >> well, obviously, i don't want to see tax increased. but what i would like to see is the president call the leaders over to the white house and say, look, we have to solve the problem. the sequestration, secretary panetta, one of the most widely respected men, person in washington, d.c. and he has been say
the u.s. postal service®, no business too small. no they don't. hey son. have fun tonight. ♪ ♪ back against the wall ♪ ain't nothin to me ♪ ain't nothin to me [ crowd murmurs ] hey! ♪ [ howls ] ♪ >> chris: and we're back now with senator john mccain. senator, welcome. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: you just heard nancy pelosi talk about these automatic spending cuts, that kick in on march 1st. she wants a mix of cuts and, yes, more tax. which i know you don't...
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u.s. senate hearings for president obama's pick to be the new chief of the cia have wrapped up. by protesters over his controversial part of america's drone program. anti-government protests turned into violent clashes with police. blocking the prime minister's plan to form a coalition government. down to the next winter olympics begins it's exactly one year. winter games that promises to be the most unique and most expensive in history. but not everyone is. president over. sacks a key figure behind the two thousand and fourteen olympic games. thomas my colleague will be in the chair next hour taking you through to then we have tom hartman and the big picture thanks for watching. log on to washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. and the american public in congress beginning to understand this nation's full use of drones is the drone program in for a major change now the secret's out also after coming under enormous pressure from religious groups the boy scouts of america have decided to delay their vote on allowing gays to be members of the organi
u.s. senate hearings for president obama's pick to be the new chief of the cia have wrapped up. by protesters over his controversial part of america's drone program. anti-government protests turned into violent clashes with police. blocking the prime minister's plan to form a coalition government. down to the next winter olympics begins it's exactly one year. winter games that promises to be the most unique and most expensive in history. but not everyone is. president over. sacks a key figure...
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if the u.s. believes that this the target has in the past been involved in such violent activities, and the target has not renounced such activities, it can be assumed that they are an eminent threat now, and that that would justify an attack. now, again, remember, we're talking about targeted killings of americans. we're talking about making decisions based on secret intelligence. and we see in this memo that some of the definitions are a bit more elastic and open to interpretation than the administration has publicly let on. >> mike, on the three part, so it has to be eminent risk. and you just described the broader concept of eminence, which is the phrase in there. >> yes. >> and that there can't be a capture that we're killing somebody because they can't be captured. there is also an elaboration on that which it seems to me seems to be quite a wide definition. i'm fascinated by the fact that we don't really capture terrorist suspects in yemen and somali and pakistan and these other places whe
if the u.s. believes that this the target has in the past been involved in such violent activities, and the target has not renounced such activities, it can be assumed that they are an eminent threat now, and that that would justify an attack. now, again, remember, we're talking about targeted killings of americans. we're talking about making decisions based on secret intelligence. and we see in this memo that some of the definitions are a bit more elastic and open to interpretation than the...
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as you said capricious, but they can literally target a u.s. citizen from their words, in their words not mine, even when the target must have recently been involved in activities and they don't define activities and don't define reisn'tly. it's a pretty broad definition to go against anybody you want. >> when left wing politicians are out of power they're for very, very, very strict rules. when they're in power they're for no rules because they trust themselves because they're pure and after all not going to do anything wrong. this is a perfect case study though in a free society where you've got to establish the rule of law. what's the right procedure, who is in charge, who's held accountable. you can't just randomly kill people and it's not like the middle of at battlefield and terrible things happening and it's all in real time. this is a calculated decision in an air conditioned office to issue an order to kill somebody a long way away and you had better figure out a system for doing this that's accountable, that can be scrutinized by the
as you said capricious, but they can literally target a u.s. citizen from their words, in their words not mine, even when the target must have recently been involved in activities and they don't define activities and don't define reisn'tly. it's a pretty broad definition to go against anybody you want. >> when left wing politicians are out of power they're for very, very, very strict rules. when they're in power they're for no rules because they trust themselves because they're pure and...
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on united states soil drones in enemy hands are going to be the headlines and how they attacked the u.s. with those drones that's going to be the headlines in about two years because the arms industrial complex will never pass up the opportunity to sell their two foot long you know three pound killing machines to saudi princes who are then going to deliver them to the same kind of saudi terrorist freaks who bombed the twin twin towers so it's almost like we're saying this is happening over there in there's been no discussion even that the media is not asking the question our congressmen are not asking the questions you've got america's largest weapons manufacturer going to be looking for new and bigger more creative arms sales opportunities because the military budgets gotten ready to be cut so they're going to look at places like asia and middle east and africa and they're going to sell more drones than they can produce and for us to think that some cat sitting three miles off shore in a boat can't deliver or first of all can't get his hands on one. these drones when you have you've go
on united states soil drones in enemy hands are going to be the headlines and how they attacked the u.s. with those drones that's going to be the headlines in about two years because the arms industrial complex will never pass up the opportunity to sell their two foot long you know three pound killing machines to saudi princes who are then going to deliver them to the same kind of saudi terrorist freaks who bombed the twin twin towers so it's almost like we're saying this is happening over...
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a document that lays out the legal arm to justify president's use of drones including in some cases u.s. citizens. >> reporting details of a 16-page memo outlining the legal justifications for the obama administration's unprecedented use of targeted drone strikes against al-qaeda suspects in foreign fliagsz, including american citizens who pose an imminent threat. the white house went on the defense following that report. >> i want to be clear, legal justification for killing american citizens without any trial. >> i would point you to the ample judicial precedent for the idea that someone who takes up arms against the united states in a war against the united states is an enemy and, therefore, could be targeted accordingly. >> jon: what the hypocrisy here? >> you might be thinking of david jackson's piece in u.s.a. today, what if this was bush's drone policy? and the ren dig in guantanamo and all the things that happened in the bush administration where main stream were fired up and now they have been quiet. you leave it to folks like jon stewart to say, the obama people said that we w
a document that lays out the legal arm to justify president's use of drones including in some cases u.s. citizens. >> reporting details of a 16-page memo outlining the legal justifications for the obama administration's unprecedented use of targeted drone strikes against al-qaeda suspects in foreign fliagsz, including american citizens who pose an imminent threat. the white house went on the defense following that report. >> i want to be clear, legal justification for killing...
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however, u.s. offials say it is too early to determine who is responsible. u.s. intelligence sources have not ruled out the involvement of al qaeda or even an iranian proxy group angry at perceived u.s. involvement in syria. for domestic reasons they may not want it to appear that al qaeda is in turkey striking u.s. targets for fear that local turks will begin calling for the u.s. military personnel to leave. the first battery of the patriot missiles that the u.s. into turkey became operational on serious border today, and it is widely believed inside syria among some that the u.s. held the israelis started the convoy carrying missiles to 11 on that was bombed inside syria by israeli warplanes two days ago. she felt the press as too many questions about benghazi. she told the associated press in an exit interview that those who criticize the administration's handling of the benghazi attack, don't live in an evidence-paced world. lou: thank you very much. senator john kerry was sworn in this afternoon by supreme court justice elena kagan as the next secretary of s
however, u.s. offials say it is too early to determine who is responsible. u.s. intelligence sources have not ruled out the involvement of al qaeda or even an iranian proxy group angry at perceived u.s. involvement in syria. for domestic reasons they may not want it to appear that al qaeda is in turkey striking u.s. targets for fear that local turks will begin calling for the u.s. military personnel to leave. the first battery of the patriot missiles that the u.s. into turkey became operational...
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and when it is done, the u.s. navy will no longer have 14 class minesweepers. we will have 13 and we could owe the philippines $300 per square meter of coral and somebody in mapville is going to be in big trouble. >> what was the most important question asked today at chuck haegle's hearing. it was about an internal threat. and the milt the in visible war within the military remained in visible today. >> chuck haegle is taking plenty of heat within his own party. >> he wants to become the next secretary of defense. >> gear up for a gold old fashioned grills. i want to know if you were right or wrong. >> will you please answer the question. >> if you would like me to explain. >> i would actually like an answer. >> i want the truth. you can't handle the truth. >> haegle faces questions from the panel. >> balance the budget and also the issue of sexual assault in the military. >> now estimated at 19,000 a year. >> they want to create the fear. >> a woman trying to defend her children. women he needed to defend themselves. >> they want to create the fear. >> trying
and when it is done, the u.s. navy will no longer have 14 class minesweepers. we will have 13 and we could owe the philippines $300 per square meter of coral and somebody in mapville is going to be in big trouble. >> what was the most important question asked today at chuck haegle's hearing. it was about an internal threat. and the milt the in visible war within the military remained in visible today. >> chuck haegle is taking plenty of heat within his own party. >> he wants...
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i was working in the senate the first female attorney and first african-american u.s. attorney and those were choices made for the best qualified people for those jobs at the time. i will never forget the senator feeling history in his hands in making those choices and those appointments. did you feel that as you were approaching this have that go opportunity to appoint an after african-american to the senate? >> i thought about it. but i do think that it is incumbent on all of us in positions with opportunities like the one that i have to consider the fact that we are a much, much richly diversion community and common wealth and country and that there is talent in every community having opportunities to expose that talent is a great thing. i want to listen to something that your lieutenant governor said about senate cowan. >> he's cool. tom brady, george clooney, james bond have nothing on moe. >> governor. >> it's true. >> he's that cool? >> he's really that cool. i hope you will have him on some time soon. >> you know what's the shame is that we are only going to ge
i was working in the senate the first female attorney and first african-american u.s. attorney and those were choices made for the best qualified people for those jobs at the time. i will never forget the senator feeling history in his hands in making those choices and those appointments. did you feel that as you were approaching this have that go opportunity to appoint an after african-american to the senate? >> i thought about it. but i do think that it is incumbent on all of us in...
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i don't expect the u.s. government to do much about it is the one who is saying what you are saying. that our debt is making us weak and it's affecting our position in the world. >> they are very secretive when it comes to dealing with china and they don't want to upset the chinese leaders. the point i'm making is that i think there is a connection between their inability to stand tough on china and this debt. they don't want the chinese to sell half a trillion dollars of debt. that would cause a spike and wreak havoc on our nation's finances are a good mention mitt romney because during the campaign he did bring this up, as you recall. but there wasn't much action. since the election has been over, congress hasn't really done a lot on this. liz: it's pretty striking an astonishing that china has been relentlessly attacking the internet and cyberattacks. in our computers in the united states. so another we have alarms about this, i know admiral mike mullen has been talking about this. but to my mind, and chi
i don't expect the u.s. government to do much about it is the one who is saying what you are saying. that our debt is making us weak and it's affecting our position in the world. >> they are very secretive when it comes to dealing with china and they don't want to upset the chinese leaders. the point i'm making is that i think there is a connection between their inability to stand tough on china and this debt. they don't want the chinese to sell half a trillion dollars of debt. that would...
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that was the u.s. congress. liz: why isn't president obama being criticized for breaking his no taxes in 2008? >> he should be. he has an early lead on anything. he should be leading congress to make policy changes around taxes. it also around entitlement reform. he has to reform government and we need to reform our tax code. i think reforming government is even more important than reforming our tax code right now. we have to get entitlement growth under control and we have to relax regulations rather than impose new ones. right now we have the overhang of the regulatory burden stifling creativity and our economy. so we have an overregulated the economy that is suffering through a likelihood that tax rates will go up even more. all of that is a bad formula for growth when it comes to what should be happening in our entrepreneurial grounded capital system that should be there creating jobs. liz: you make a good point. americans know that if we want to make entitlement state, if we want the entitlement machine run
that was the u.s. congress. liz: why isn't president obama being criticized for breaking his no taxes in 2008? >> he should be. he has an early lead on anything. he should be leading congress to make policy changes around taxes. it also around entitlement reform. he has to reform government and we need to reform our tax code. i think reforming government is even more important than reforming our tax code right now. we have to get entitlement growth under control and we have to relax...
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the u.s. has discovered so much energy than it thought it had. some talk about north american energy independence. >> we could make opec n0pec. the reason, advances in technology such as fracking, horizohorizontal drilling and or improvements which increase natural gas production by 27% in just four years, making the u.s. number one in gas with oil on its way. >> we're talking decades, if not into the hundreds of years of supply in north america. >> it's been estimated by the energy information agency that we could be the number one oil producer in the world by 2020, surpassing saudi arabia, so this is a big deal. it's a game-changing opportunity, and it's of historic proportions. >> reporter: even though who share the administration desire to reduce the use the petro chemicals acknowledge projections that the u.s. will produce one-third more of its own oil by 2020. 1 analyst said self reliance must include alternatives such as wind, solar, and more. >> we can reduce our dependence on foreign
the u.s. has discovered so much energy than it thought it had. some talk about north american energy independence. >> we could make opec n0pec. the reason, advances in technology such as fracking, horizohorizontal drilling and or improvements which increase natural gas production by 27% in just four years, making the u.s. number one in gas with oil on its way. >> we're talking decades, if not into the hundreds of years of supply in north america. >> it's been estimated by the...
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we did not know that no u.s. intelligence personnel had ever interrogated him. >> based on defector information in ever interrogated him. >> based on intelligence, saddam hussein had a massive clandestine program that developed uranium. >> that would be the information provided, by the head of the iraqi national congress. the self-appointed ex-patriot iraqi shadow government. >> we talked to shalabbi on multiple occasions, and we saw that they were hyping the type of information they put out. >> he is so determined that he has made repeated covert attempts to acquire from 11 different countries, even after inspections resumed. >> yet again, the aluminum tubes. >> i was incredibly disappointed when he brought out comments about the aluminum tubes. i felt betrayed as an american and scientist. >> i can trace the story of a senior terrorist operative telling how iraq provided training in these weapons to al-qaeda. fortunately, this operative is now detained. and he has told his story. >> powell is referring to alibb
we did not know that no u.s. intelligence personnel had ever interrogated him. >> based on defector information in ever interrogated him. >> based on intelligence, saddam hussein had a massive clandestine program that developed uranium. >> that would be the information provided, by the head of the iraqi national congress. the self-appointed ex-patriot iraqi shadow government. >> we talked to shalabbi on multiple occasions, and we saw that they were hyping the type of...
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the u.s. government. >> the intelligence community assessed that saddam hussein was building a mobile biological weapons capability to avoid detection by the u.s. and its allies. and the assessment was based almost entirely on one source from the german government, a source named curveball. >> his real name as far as they know is rafid ahmed alwan, an iraqi engineer who makes his way to germany and tells german intelligence and says he worked in saddam's weapons labs used to make weapons of mass destruction. >> curveball was known to be a fabricator. he could not be relied upon. his intelligence always had been sort of stamped, you know, do not -- do not disseminate. this is useless. >> curveball is a lone and seriously suspect source, and u.s. intelligence agencies rely solely on german reports. they never actually question him themselves. in this 2011 interview with britain's newspaper "the guardian," the man called curveball confirms the lies of his pre-war claims. >> this particular issue
the u.s. government. >> the intelligence community assessed that saddam hussein was building a mobile biological weapons capability to avoid detection by the u.s. and its allies. and the assessment was based almost entirely on one source from the german government, a source named curveball. >> his real name as far as they know is rafid ahmed alwan, an iraqi engineer who makes his way to germany and tells german intelligence and says he worked in saddam's weapons labs used to make...